Re: [INDOLOGY] the late fate of the the Rig Vedic Dyaus Pater?

Thanks Hans Henrich, I was aware that he was not widely mentioned in RV but I hadn't thought of the ramifications of that until your post. I realize this may be the wrong place to ask this, but are you aware of any studies on the origin and fate of Dyaus/Zeus/Tiu across or within the other

[INDOLOGY] Call to publish from The World of the Orient

Dear all, Please see below an announcement to publish, which was sent out by our Ukrainian colleagues. Best, Sam Grimes Dear Colleagues, On behalf of *The World of the Orient*, Ukraine’s leading periodical in the broader field of Asian Studies, we would like to invite you to contribute to a

Re: [INDOLOGY] the late fate of the the Rig Vedic Dyaus Pater?

Dear Dean, Even in the RigVeda dyauṣ pitṛ appears only six times; dyauḥ by itself, of course, occurs frequently, but often in feminine gender. In addition, there is the compound dyāvāpṛthivī. So, while dyauṣ pitṛ (and his relation to pṛthivī mātṛ) may be important from the perspective of

Re: [INDOLOGY] Meaning of "jagatiparvati" as a man made structure

Hello Harry, You've likely already looked at Nilakantha on that verse, assuming you are referring to CE 1.199.44b = Vulgate 1.207.46b. Note that the Vu has ajagatiparvata, goat-path mountains, which Nilakantha glosses as "artificial mountains for the purpose of the king's pleasure excursions"

Re: [INDOLOGY] Indic rendering

Dear Jan, I am not sure this is what you are after, but I am aware of the following problems. I am not sure the Devanagari renderings I see on my screen will be duplicated in this email, but I try to give illustrations. All of these are on a Windows platform. 1. Some fonts that compose ligatures

[INDOLOGY] Indic rendering

Dear all, I am doing a review of Indic scripts rendering mechanisms, and I would be interested if anyone had issues that they had run into during their work. Examples I am aware of include Vedic signs not working on anusvara, nuktas not working on vowels and similar. If any of you had

[INDOLOGY] the late fate of the the Rig Vedic Dyaus Pater?

Dear Indology List, Can anyone point me to any studies that discuss what happened to the Vedic Dyaus Pater who was important in the Rig Veda but who seems to have been supplanted in later times? It's particularly interesting for Indo-European studies because Dyaus is related to the Greek Zeus

[INDOLOGY] pdf request Lokesh Chandra 1965

Dear colleagues, Might anyone have a pdf of the following? Chandra, Lokesh. 1965. The Biography of Mitrayogin, in Indo-Asian Studies, vol. 2, pp. 161-170. I'd be very grateful for a copy. Best wishes, Peter Szanto ___ INDOLOGY mailing list